M16 Half Tracks in the 11th Armoured Division?

[David I]

Hi All,

 

I;ve not seen anything about M16 half tracks in British service. I have heard of M14s converted to ACPs etc, but the M16 at Eden Camp is/was in 11th Armoured Div colours. I have seen another down south (possibly at an IMPS event)in a video, and the artwork on the Matchbox/Revell Comet kit illustrates one.

 

So were they actually used? I thought that anti aircraft tanks disappeaed after D Day, and thought that LAA batteries had Bofers guns.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Dave.

[AlienFTM]

LAA batteries had Bofers guns.

 

My uncle, a quiet, unassuming man, took to the grave the secret that his war involved driving his Bofors tractor up three D-Day invasion beaches in Sicily, Italy and Normandy. He was in 25 LAA Regt.